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and iran's inflexibility on the issue has been open to debate in iran but, again, the iran supreme leader ayatollah khamenei is reported to have said that syria is a front line against the united states, and we're not going to back down in syria because if we back down in syria, we'll be next. so we can't expect a lot of flexibility in iran's policy towards syria. we can expect the iranian regime -- especially the revolutionary guards -- to support al assad as much as they can. .. >> he embarrasses iran. he criticize the regime of bashar al-assad and implicitly criticized the iranian regime for its support of syria. this was an embarrassment for the iranian leadership to the point that they changed the translation on television. he criticized syria and iranian television about bahrain. so trying to save face basically. but we've seen that each of this is not necessary going to follow around policies in the region. in fact, the egyptians have capped their distance from tehran. they have not resumed relationship and there's a lot of tension between the two countries on some issues. in addit
and iran's inflexibility on the issue has been open to debate in iran but, again, the iran supreme leader ayatollah khamenei is reported to have said that syria is a front line against the united states, and we're not going to back down in syria because if we back down in syria, we'll be next. so we can't expect a lot of flexibility in iran's policy towards syria. we can expect the iranian regime -- especially the revolutionary guards -- to support al assad as much as they can. .. >> he...
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and negotiating with iran to the current situations we find ourselves in with iran? >> i would like to say that we have learned something, but i'm not sure -- i'm not sure what we've learned. if you look at our relations today, they are not very good, and we are right now in a very -- when the iranians are in a very dangerous place there is a lot of talk of the war and a lo? of talk about air strikes and?? ?d iranians nuclear program.?? being the eternal optimist that? ibm, i didn't think that we??? would be in ?such a bad place? even after what had happened in? ?79? and 1980.???????? when we flew out of tehran on?? ??planes if you would have?? asked me, i would have said in? five years, seven years, ten?? years at the most, tempers will? cool.??????? we and the iranians will realize that w?e have the mutual inter? that we have things to talk about with? each other, not?? necess?arily his friends, but ? countries, as states do because we talked to many states with?? which we are not friendly.??? from time to time we talk to?
and negotiating with iran to the current situations we find ourselves in with iran? >> i would like to say that we have learned something, but i'm not sure -- i'm not sure what we've learned. if you look at our relations today, they are not very good, and we are right now in a very -- when the iranians are in a very dangerous place there is a lot of talk of the war and a lo? of talk about air strikes and?? ?d iranians nuclear program.?? being the eternal optimist that? ibm, i didn't...
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and negotiating with iran in the current situation we find ourselves in with iran? >> i would like to say, peter, do we have learned something. i am not sure what we've learned. i mean, if you look at relations today, they are not very good. i know we are still a very dangerous place. there's a lot of talk of war. a lot of talk of airstrike in iranian nuclear program. being the eternal optimist that? i am, i didn't think we been such a bad place even after what happened in 1979 and 80.???? when we flew out of tehran on?? ?e science, if you asked me, i? would've said in five years,?? seven years, 10 years of the?? most, tempers will cool.???? we iranians will realize we hav? mutual interest, things to talk? about with each other.????? not necessarily as friends, tha? as countries, as states do??? because we talked to many states with? which we are not friendl? ????e to tim?e we????? ???????????????? this estrangement, this????? inability to talk to each other? ?s gone on now for 32 years an? ?spite efforts to cha
and negotiating with iran in the current situation we find ourselves in with iran? >> i would like to say, peter, do we have learned something. i am not sure what we've learned. i mean, if you look at relations today, they are not very good. i know we are still a very dangerous place. there's a lot of talk of war. a lot of talk of airstrike in iranian nuclear program. being the eternal optimist that? i am, i didn't think we been such a bad place even after what happened in 1979 and...
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iran. and dr. parsi is the author of an award-winning book, the secret dealings of iran israel in the united states, published in 2007, and has a new book this year called the single role of the dice, obama's diplomacy with iran. both from deal university press. i should say that all these panelists are also quoted in the major media frequently. so that's another thing. i don't mention of a each one at a time, but all of them. >> thanks much. is a great pleasure being here. i think it's going to be quite an interesting q&a following this. i'm going to cut my talk perhaps a little bit short and just going to some of the most important point and then leave as much as possible for the discussion afterwards. the panel asked what ways have the united states or the gcc been able to close to some of its objectives, and have effective policies, vis-À-vis iran. it's a good question because it reminds us to ask ourselves what are the objectives. and the object is that oftentimes are talked about ten
iran. and dr. parsi is the author of an award-winning book, the secret dealings of iran israel in the united states, published in 2007, and has a new book this year called the single role of the dice, obama's diplomacy with iran. both from deal university press. i should say that all these panelists are also quoted in the major media frequently. so that's another thing. i don't mention of a each one at a time, but all of them. >> thanks much. is a great pleasure being here. i think it's...
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iran is strongly institutionalized. it is not a 1-man sophistic -- it has different centers of power against each other in a complex bureaucratic border. the gift of the iranian plateau and geographic legitimacy provides the government over millennia. i would say our grand strategy has to be that the u.s. has been estranged from iran for a third of the century, a decade longer than we were estranged with red china between 40, and 72. at some point and this is what the saudis really worry and think about, there has to be a -- with iran. we have to think in those terms. does going to war -- all of iran supports a nuclear program but it is unclear that iran supports nuclear weapons. there is a distinction. so the real critical factor is what do we need to do to normalize relations with iran. the answer to that may be a strong military reaction if they weapon is. the long range strategy, the road map to normalizing u.s. relations with iran. >> interesting and good answer. it may well be that confrontation is the normalizati
iran is strongly institutionalized. it is not a 1-man sophistic -- it has different centers of power against each other in a complex bureaucratic border. the gift of the iranian plateau and geographic legitimacy provides the government over millennia. i would say our grand strategy has to be that the u.s. has been estranged from iran for a third of the century, a decade longer than we were estranged with red china between 40, and 72. at some point and this is what the saudis really worry and...
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that is iran's game. the key to that is more recently has been the role that iraq is playing in that crescent. it now links iran, iraq, syria, and lebanon all in a continue tick use set of masses. and one has to think it's not just bolstered by comments sectarian views by common shii had views. syrian and iran came friends not bus because they were shii had is that from iran's perspective the alawite shii had were so -- they couldn't imagine looking at it a common religion. the father of bashar al-assad had to have alawites recognize that the muslim religious practice in order to become president of syria. so they are quite far apart. but they share common ideology. secure ya supported iran during the iran-iraq war because it hated iraq at that time. syria and iran share antiamericannism, israeli substitute. they don't want a disom nation of american are tech chiewr. they share a common front. so the shii had question. the second is a growing sunni crescent with a [inaudible] on to saudi arabia and down t
that is iran's game. the key to that is more recently has been the role that iraq is playing in that crescent. it now links iran, iraq, syria, and lebanon all in a continue tick use set of masses. and one has to think it's not just bolstered by comments sectarian views by common shii had views. syrian and iran came friends not bus because they were shii had is that from iran's perspective the alawite shii had were so -- they couldn't imagine looking at it a common religion. the father of bashar...
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that happened in iran in the 1980s, and you are doing it again in iran. is there any reason for that? >> one has to be absolutely clear. first of all what the purpose of sanctions are, squeezing the regime to try to topple it is one possible purpose. getting the regime -- inducing the regime to make concessions or change a policy is an entire different purpose. part of the problem with the iranian sanctions is we have people who believe each of those things are objectives and they work against each other. if you go off the sanctions were going to squeeze the regime to the point that it would fall, that means keep them in, be flexible, don't concede anything. if you use them as leverage to get change in iranian policy in the nuclear matter, that's different and argues for flexibility. i'm aware of no instance in which sanctions could be credited with toppling a regime. if you use them it get policy changed, a clear successful example is libya under gadhafi. they worked that way, and we should remember the change that gadhafi made, a drastic change in polic
that happened in iran in the 1980s, and you are doing it again in iran. is there any reason for that? >> one has to be absolutely clear. first of all what the purpose of sanctions are, squeezing the regime to try to topple it is one possible purpose. getting the regime -- inducing the regime to make concessions or change a policy is an entire different purpose. part of the problem with the iranian sanctions is we have people who believe each of those things are objectives and they work...
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embassy during the iran hostage crisis in 1979. the cia operation to find and get them out of the country involved cia officer antonio mendez hosing as a hollywood producer scouting out locations or a fake science fiction movie titled "argo." this is about 30 minutes. >> if we could have everybody in the back come on up that's going to join us. thank you so much for your patience. the reports we were getting was that the traffic around the block was around as. apparently -- thank you. people are nodding, so that's good. thank you very much. there may be some people still held up and we will welcome them. welcome to the international spy museum. i'm peter earnest, executive director and i'll ask you as a courtesy, to those for recording the program and to the speakers, the kind enough to turn off your cell phones, pdas and so forth. that would be a big help. thank you. well, it's wonderful to see all of you here for the signing, and as we kick off the signing, i will show you a clip of the film based on the book for which you came t
embassy during the iran hostage crisis in 1979. the cia operation to find and get them out of the country involved cia officer antonio mendez hosing as a hollywood producer scouting out locations or a fake science fiction movie titled "argo." this is about 30 minutes. >> if we could have everybody in the back come on up that's going to join us. thank you so much for your patience. the reports we were getting was that the traffic around the block was around as. apparently --...
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i mean, with iran. and i wonder if we would've been even attacks on 9/11 if it weren't for her support of israel. >> i think that we will start at the end of your remark. if you look at the attack, they write in the book in london or madrid, countries that opposed these are like the united states and it's much deeper than the connection between israel and the united states. and at the beginning, as you said i don't think israel should do it alone. if we do not have other choice, we both doodlebug. but i don't believe it should be a joint effort of the russian society because those forces will go against you as well. bp say i don't care. is israel's problem. but she will fight monday at tom on the need for case or a container, it will become your problem. so i think it should be a joint effort of the western society, meaning the u.s., israel, canada, but it will only be a leadership decision. [inaudible] >> i do not know. >> the u.s. is israel's only friend. i think people are pretty disgusted with the k
i mean, with iran. and i wonder if we would've been even attacks on 9/11 if it weren't for her support of israel. >> i think that we will start at the end of your remark. if you look at the attack, they write in the book in london or madrid, countries that opposed these are like the united states and it's much deeper than the connection between israel and the united states. and at the beginning, as you said i don't think israel should do it alone. if we do not have other choice, we both...
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doing it again in iran. is there any reason for that? >> one has to be absolutely clear first of all with the purpose of sanctions are. you know, squeezing the regime to topple it is one possible purpose. getting the regime to make conceptions to make policy is an entirely different purpose and part of the reason was the reigning sanctions is we've got people who believe those things are object doesn't work against each other. if you thought the sanctions are going to squeeze the regime to the point would fall, that be absolutely inflexible, don't concede anything, whereas if you're going to use that as they extensively are as leverage to get change in iranian policy on this nuclear matter, that argues for something entirely different. it argues for flexibility. i am aware of no instance where sanctions could really be credited with toppling a regime. if you're going to use them to get policy change it very clear example is libya with gadhafi. and they worked that way, and we should remember the change that
doing it again in iran. is there any reason for that? >> one has to be absolutely clear first of all with the purpose of sanctions are. you know, squeezing the regime to topple it is one possible purpose. getting the regime to make conceptions to make policy is an entirely different purpose and part of the reason was the reigning sanctions is we've got people who believe those things are object doesn't work against each other. if you thought the sanctions are going to squeeze the regime...
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number two, with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there's no question but the nuclear iran and nuclear-capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat not only to our friends, but ultimately a threat to us to have iran have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used against us or to be threatening to us. it's also essential for us to understand what our mission is in iran, and that is to dissuade iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means. and crippling sanctions was something i called for seven years ago, number one. and they do work. you're seeing it right now in the economy. it's absolutely the right thing to do to have crippling sanctions. i'd have put them in place earlier, but it's good that we have them. number two, something i would add today is i would tighten those sanctions. i would say that ships that carry iranian oil can't come into our ports. i imagine the e.u. would agree with us as well. not only ships couldn't, i'd say companies that are moving their oil can't, people who are trading in their oil can't, i wo
number two, with regards to iran and the threat of iran, there's no question but the nuclear iran and nuclear-capable iran is unacceptable to america. it presents a threat not only to our friends, but ultimately a threat to us to have iran have nuclear material, nuclear weapons that could be used against us or to be threatening to us. it's also essential for us to understand what our mission is in iran, and that is to dissuade iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic...
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iran is a great target. it has not been a friend of the united states for over three and a half decades. it does many things we can justify for sanctioning it and for going to war with it, even on grounds that are not the nuclear grounds, but if it's really to stop nuclear development by regimes we don't like, and i would put pakistan, certainly, as a possibility candidate for that, we need to realize that we have a treaty that does not set our interests and our strategic values. >> [inaudible] i'd like to know what's in the minds of the israeli leadership for the following three scenarios. one, an israeli attack on iran shortly after the re-election of the current u.s. president; two, israeli attack on iran during a lame duck after the election of a new u.s. president; or, three, no attack. >> okay. [laughter] thrilling to be in an audience that asks difficult questions. an attack after the current president is elected, certainly would fit in the larger picture why it attacks if either candidate was elected
iran is a great target. it has not been a friend of the united states for over three and a half decades. it does many things we can justify for sanctioning it and for going to war with it, even on grounds that are not the nuclear grounds, but if it's really to stop nuclear development by regimes we don't like, and i would put pakistan, certainly, as a possibility candidate for that, we need to realize that we have a treaty that does not set our interests and our strategic values. >>...
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on iran we hear a lot of raddling. but when you look at the details of the position, it appears to be the same as the presidents'. crippling sanctions, all option on the table, increased asset in the gulf. the difference is that the president was able to get the allied corporation that is so essential to fully isolate and hit iran with the toughest possible sanctions. one senior romney adviser said on monday when asked what is different about the romney position on iran, he said, quote, we disagree with the president's approach to working with allies. begin the trajection of international cooperation does anyone really believe a president romney could have gotten the e.u., the south korean for the japanese to implement a oil embargo from iran? on the arab spring, the governor likes to point a mid eastern turmoil with capital burns. he fails to note the progress of moderate forces in too knewsha, egypt, and yemen. we don't know the strategy for supporting the moderate forces, who we get are slogans. peace or strength. a
on iran we hear a lot of raddling. but when you look at the details of the position, it appears to be the same as the presidents'. crippling sanctions, all option on the table, increased asset in the gulf. the difference is that the president was able to get the allied corporation that is so essential to fully isolate and hit iran with the toughest possible sanctions. one senior romney adviser said on monday when asked what is different about the romney position on iran, he said, quote, we...
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how should we handle the threat of nukes in iran? >> right now there's an embargo and the attempt is to prevent the a range of giving sub strings to enrich uranium. neptune which method and the weaponizing then they need the weaponization. best estimates are six months may be a year. if you're israel your work. if you're the rest of the world you worry. if we can get china and russia to cooperate with to make that embargo really hurt but there are some substrates giving him. we need to do everything we can to prevent them from getting a nuclear capability. the problem is if they do it's not just the threat to israel it's a threat to the whole world because we have an extremist group with a nuclear capability. that would be a point where we have to act to present them from happening spend we have the resources? we can't do it if we want but we had a couple of wars -- >> with two wars, we are broke. we have the debt up to the level of our gdp. it's something we don't want to do but to protect our nation and to make sure that extremists
how should we handle the threat of nukes in iran? >> right now there's an embargo and the attempt is to prevent the a range of giving sub strings to enrich uranium. neptune which method and the weaponizing then they need the weaponization. best estimates are six months may be a year. if you're israel your work. if you're the rest of the world you worry. if we can get china and russia to cooperate with to make that embargo really hurt but there are some substrates giving him. we need to do...
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or a nuclear-capable iran. in the public debate during the last year or so, a recurring concern has been economic risk posed by the available means for preventing a nuclear iran. whether through tough sanctions or military action. economic risks are a legitimate concern, but inaction also poses economic risks. the purpose of the paper we are releasing today is an attempt to illustrate some of the economic costs that would emanate from the impact of a nuclear iran. we don't suggest that these will be the only costs the u.s. would bear by any means. there would be a myriad of consequences, direct and indirect, only at least some of which can be seen or quantified. we concluded simply that high-end expectation of instability and supply disruptions triggered by the prospect of the consequences of a nuclear iran would cause the price of oil to go much higher and to remain high for its sustained duration of time. significantly impacting the u.s. economy. the price spike in economic impact would be much greater if any
or a nuclear-capable iran. in the public debate during the last year or so, a recurring concern has been economic risk posed by the available means for preventing a nuclear iran. whether through tough sanctions or military action. economic risks are a legitimate concern, but inaction also poses economic risks. the purpose of the paper we are releasing today is an attempt to illustrate some of the economic costs that would emanate from the impact of a nuclear iran. we don't suggest that these...
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i find that shocking, and if you want to be tough in on iran we have to isolate iran. we have to make sure that companies don't do -- excuse me, companies don't do business to make sure that they are isolated in world stage and that's one of the why ways that we are going be successful. i still hope without war. but with the tough sanctions. thompson: iran is building a knock already capability, 175 feet in the ground. you would not be building a peaceful nuclear energy plan 175 feet in the ground. it's only a matter of time they gate nuclear bomb. we have to do everything we possibly can, ladies and gentlemen, to study iran. my opponent four different times, she mentions the fact that unrest. well, it would have been nice if she did something about the unrest when people were crying out from help from america. she did nothing. she did send a letter to the palestinian when israeli put up a black candidate supporting the palestinian against the israelis. she received the $65 ,000 in campaign funds, oifd ,000, ladies and gentlemen, for a campaign from a company that beli
i find that shocking, and if you want to be tough in on iran we have to isolate iran. we have to make sure that companies don't do -- excuse me, companies don't do business to make sure that they are isolated in world stage and that's one of the why ways that we are going be successful. i still hope without war. but with the tough sanctions. thompson: iran is building a knock already capability, 175 feet in the ground. you would not be building a peaceful nuclear energy plan 175 feet in the...
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this is where someone asked me if i could talk about iran. someone asked me to talk about iran and one of the complicating factors in the conflict, the crisis have become regionalized and internationalized between diametrically opposed groups. at the regional level iran and its allies hezbollah and syria and assad empower. they are afraid of losing this conduit into the middle east and the conduit of arms and the important funds of hezbollah but they bring to lebanon. saudi arabia, qatar, sunni countries, as well as united states and some others of course have been supporting the opposition to varying degrees. saudi arabia in many ways take the lead because they are afraid of what they view as the shiite presence developing in the middle east from iran through syria, which is 75% sunni but the alawite's are an offshoot of the shiites and then in lebanon where the most powerful group in lebanon is hezbollah, the shiite organization. so they wanted break that up. the u.s. wants to break that up in israel wants to break that up so the fall of as
this is where someone asked me if i could talk about iran. someone asked me to talk about iran and one of the complicating factors in the conflict, the crisis have become regionalized and internationalized between diametrically opposed groups. at the regional level iran and its allies hezbollah and syria and assad empower. they are afraid of losing this conduit into the middle east and the conduit of arms and the important funds of hezbollah but they bring to lebanon. saudi arabia, qatar, sunni...
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i'd do if i don't mention iran, people seem derelict in my duty. so i mention iran. and we have iran, which is now undergoing a very difficult period in its history. it has resumed his program for obtaining military nuclear capability. it has confronted the world is large. it has confronted both the west end is cannot come back to that in a moment. and the fact of the matter is that iran is setting up the world as a whole and the science, notwithstanding the fact that it's now undergoing the pain of sanctions, which are effective but does not only affect the economy at large, but also the business sector and the financial set up in iran, the rapid evaluation, which is then the losing value in the tens and tens of percentages and the official rate is less than half of what the practical greatest today. if the shackled to the dollars that may rise to be 10 shekels to the dollar, it would be the run of the banks and no israeli would be even one shackled in the bank. and i don't know what will happen if there be such a massive evaluation of the american dollar because i
i'd do if i don't mention iran, people seem derelict in my duty. so i mention iran. and we have iran, which is now undergoing a very difficult period in its history. it has resumed his program for obtaining military nuclear capability. it has confronted the world is large. it has confronted both the west end is cannot come back to that in a moment. and the fact of the matter is that iran is setting up the world as a whole and the science, notwithstanding the fact that it's now undergoing the...
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weapons go back to iran. basically trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east and this is part of their larger strategy of asymmetric support to anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game is as a great power. therefore, we have important domestic lobbies that of the state in the perpetuation of the assad regime and more than that as many of you now and i've written about this come, arms sales in russia are one of those mechanisms because the whole sector is thoroughly involved by which slush funds are provided through top government officials for operations of various kinds whether at home or abroad. if they were to lose another 4 billion-dollar market like they lost in libya and could use in syria that would put a dent in the draft going to the top of their shame. we must never forget what we are dealing with is a criminalize regime and its in wikileaks and all of the place. if you read the books by luke harding and ed lucas and talk to foreign -- it behaves in th
weapons go back to iran. basically trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east and this is part of their larger strategy of asymmetric support to anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game is as a great power. therefore, we have important domestic lobbies that of the state in the perpetuation of the assad regime and more than that as many of you now and i've written about this come, arms sales in russia are one of those mechanisms because the whole...
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russia's enemy number one, iran is and china -- iran and china. this is a major confrontation, ladies and gentlemen. this is no joke. and as steve and bob said, we are in an ongoing sunni insurrection in north caucuses. it started as a national liberation struggle with primarily secular leadership in cher chechnya. then by '96 that movement was hijacked by islamists, people like -- [inaudible] and others. and today the rhetoric, the narrative, the garb, the tactics are all jihadi islamist tactics. and while i don't agree that it's really spilling over into that tar stand as my colleague suggested because two muftis were -- one was killed and one was severely wounded, and there is islamization and radicalization. tartar stand is the, praise allah, not there yet. but in places like pakistan, this is a day-to-day struggle. it's a slog in russian. law enforcement and local civilians and the pus limbs and sheikhs -- muslims and sheikhs and muftis are killed by the radicals. so russia has a serious problem on its hands with that. um, beyond that a lot o
russia's enemy number one, iran is and china -- iran and china. this is a major confrontation, ladies and gentlemen. this is no joke. and as steve and bob said, we are in an ongoing sunni insurrection in north caucuses. it started as a national liberation struggle with primarily secular leadership in cher chechnya. then by '96 that movement was hijacked by islamists, people like -- [inaudible] and others. and today the rhetoric, the narrative, the garb, the tactics are all jihadi islamist...
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i want to talk about iran. three years ago the people attempted to rise up, the regime came and crackdown, murdered, raped, terrorized and attempted revolution failed unfortunately. why, in light of what you said, why do you work for oppressed tv, the iranian state broadcaster? >> if you read the book you will see that very critical about what happened after the election. the uprising that started in iran was elite students. the way they were repressed and tortured sometimes is unacceptable to my take on iran is exactly the same as my take on any country. it's not black and white. with tv at two different to give people are conservatives and the people who are reformists. when i was talking with people, i took three months to decide if it's going -- the first reason is working with the shia country. by saying i'm not going to accept anyone -- because you're sunni you don't get there. i want to be a voice where we have a dialogue from within. envisaged are important to so something which is an internal discussio
i want to talk about iran. three years ago the people attempted to rise up, the regime came and crackdown, murdered, raped, terrorized and attempted revolution failed unfortunately. why, in light of what you said, why do you work for oppressed tv, the iranian state broadcaster? >> if you read the book you will see that very critical about what happened after the election. the uprising that started in iran was elite students. the way they were repressed and tortured sometimes is...
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shot of iran. and we encourage the wrath of the iranian population. when do you cut ties with a leader who is unpopular in his own country and they go down in there for you go down with-it? and nine other russians are having discussions in the kremlin about this. how long do we stay? but this has become an international test of power, as you can imagine, between the united states and russia. russia is asserting itself and writing this nationalistic response against the u.s. which has been going on for at least a decade now. and so i don't see it changing anytime cent, but you will know that the assad regime will fall on the russian strength. >> it has been a really fascinating. i read of your books. the most interesting metaphor that you have for bashar is that he is let michael corleone the who was not meant to be the godfather. it was his brother. his brother, of course, had a bloody end and then michael becomes the godfather but he then really becomes the godfather and gets worse and worse. and
shot of iran. and we encourage the wrath of the iranian population. when do you cut ties with a leader who is unpopular in his own country and they go down in there for you go down with-it? and nine other russians are having discussions in the kremlin about this. how long do we stay? but this has become an international test of power, as you can imagine, between the united states and russia. russia is asserting itself and writing this nationalistic response against the u.s. which has been going...
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ultimately, it will undermine iran and hezbollah. >> we have a question i hear? >> yes, i have two questions for first, can you give any insight into tony blair's comments with george bush, microphone? why did they have such a favorable impression. they seem to really like him. >> i don't recall that one. i recall -- are you referring to the g-8 summit meeting in 2006? when president bush leaned over to tony blident bush leaned over to tony blair3 when president bush leaned over to tony blair and i can't remember what we used to call him. [laughter] if we can get the syrians to stop this, and he put a four letter word in a great double, situation. what is interesting about that comment, and bush is not like this. i asked him about that comment and i said, when you think about the comment by president bush? and i was half expecting him to say, oh, this is typical that the typical that. he said, i love it. because that means that they are thinking about me. they are worried about me. which that is part of syrian foreign policy. it's having some sort of leverage. it
ultimately, it will undermine iran and hezbollah. >> we have a question i hear? >> yes, i have two questions for first, can you give any insight into tony blair's comments with george bush, microphone? why did they have such a favorable impression. they seem to really like him. >> i don't recall that one. i recall -- are you referring to the g-8 summit meeting in 2006? when president bush leaned over to tony blident bush leaned over to tony blair3 when president bush leaned...
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the weapons go back to iran. they're trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east. and this is part of the larger strategy of asymmetric support of anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game is a great power. therefore, we have the important domestic lobbies that have a stake in the perpetuation of the assad regime in more than a comma as many of you know and i've written about this arms sales in russia on one of those mechanisms because the whole sector by which slush funds are provided to top government officials for black operations, whether at home or abroad. and if they were to lose another $4 billion market, which is but they lost in libya and that they could lose in syria, that would put a dent in the draft going to the top of the regime. we must never forget what were dealing with here in foreign affairs is a criminal as regime. if you've read wikileaks, it's all over the place. if you've read the books by luke harding and at lucas and talk to foreign diplomats w
the weapons go back to iran. they're trying to sell to everybody else in the middle east. and this is part of the larger strategy of asymmetric support of anti-american movements in the middle east in order to keep russia in the game is a great power. therefore, we have the important domestic lobbies that have a stake in the perpetuation of the assad regime in more than a comma as many of you know and i've written about this arms sales in russia on one of those mechanisms because the whole...
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being credible with the iran into. how can he be credible about sanctions when you let 20 countries off the hook including china and india? those are really credible sanctions and everybody knows that the congressional sanctions are the ones that are forced upon administration, not the other way round. the president finally chimed off the other day on sanctions over past months ago. what do we mean when we are saying we are tough on sanctions or mr. romney is not going to tough. all he has to do to show he is tougher is to close the loopholes that already exists. how do you pay the tuition when your forces go down and oh by the way if you do pivot to asia that way what will be left in the middle east? how credible will you be with the iranians? anything we do has to be both credible and enforceable. right now our position on iran is neither and now let's look at syria. which has started basically a low-level war with turkey that could really get worse. where are we? our administration sits on its hands. it says well, w
being credible with the iran into. how can he be credible about sanctions when you let 20 countries off the hook including china and india? those are really credible sanctions and everybody knows that the congressional sanctions are the ones that are forced upon administration, not the other way round. the president finally chimed off the other day on sanctions over past months ago. what do we mean when we are saying we are tough on sanctions or mr. romney is not going to tough. all he has to...
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of major target is iran's oil industry. what you may not know the painstaking diplomacy when into making the sanctions first adopted then the effective. we need to convince consumers to stop wars significantly reduce purchases. many countries were worried reducing purchases would put them in a very difficult position. we reach out to other oil producers to encourage them to increase production to find alternative sources of oil for their help to that here in the united states we increased oil production by 700,000 barrels per day. weekdays countries as a national security matter. the approach has worked. we have certified every single one of iran's oil importers have cut or completely ended the purchase of iranian oil. and put increasing pressure while minimize the burden on the rest of the world. this strategy influence our engagement like sudan or the will stop flowing to get it going again matter to both of them and to us. both the economies depend on oil. in order to export the oil south sudan these pipelines that sudan
of major target is iran's oil industry. what you may not know the painstaking diplomacy when into making the sanctions first adopted then the effective. we need to convince consumers to stop wars significantly reduce purchases. many countries were worried reducing purchases would put them in a very difficult position. we reach out to other oil producers to encourage them to increase production to find alternative sources of oil for their help to that here in the united states we increased oil...
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and then we have iran. we don't mention iran. so i mentioned iran. please note. and we have iran which is now undergoing a very difficult period in its history. it has resumed its program for obtaining military nuclear capability. it has confronted the world at large. it has confronted both the west and the east and i will come back to that in a moment. and the fact of the matter is that iran is facing up notwithstanding the fact it is now undergoing the pain of sanctions which are binding and effective and not only affected the economy at large in iran but also the business sector and of the financial set up in iran, the rapid devaluation, which is losing the value in the tens and tens of percentages and the official right i think is less than half of what the practical rate is today. i said in israel the other day that if it is for tag to the dollar that would rise to five, the banks and no is really what we've even one speeeleven in the bank. i don't know what happens if the dna evaluation of the american dollar because i cannot imagine that there ever will be
and then we have iran. we don't mention iran. so i mentioned iran. please note. and we have iran which is now undergoing a very difficult period in its history. it has resumed its program for obtaining military nuclear capability. it has confronted the world at large. it has confronted both the west and the east and i will come back to that in a moment. and the fact of the matter is that iran is facing up notwithstanding the fact it is now undergoing the pain of sanctions which are binding and...
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iran is a great target. it has not been a friend of the united states for over three and half decades. it does many things we can justify for sanctioning it in for going to war even for those that are not nuclear. is if it is really -- we need to realize that we have a treaty that does not fit our interests and strategic values. >> [inaudible question] >> i would like to know what might be in the minds of the israeli leadership for the following three scenarios. one, an israeli attack shortly after the reelection of the current president. number two is then israeli attack in iran during the lame-duck session after the election of a new president, or three, no attack. >> okay. it is interesting to be an audience that asks difficult questions. after the current president is elected, it certainly would fit in the larger picture as to why either candidate was elected. that is that israel has a fear of existential threat in terms of iran. and it feels very much as though the control that it had in helping to dete
iran is a great target. it has not been a friend of the united states for over three and half decades. it does many things we can justify for sanctioning it in for going to war even for those that are not nuclear. is if it is really -- we need to realize that we have a treaty that does not fit our interests and strategic values. >> [inaudible question] >> i would like to know what might be in the minds of the israeli leadership for the following three scenarios. one, an israeli...
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it's iran that is come nantd partner. what brought iran and the new iraq together. again a common enemy. saddam hussein first and then after 2003, the american occupation. i don't think -- if you think about the new baghdad, now saddam hussein is gone, and isn't that a pity. some of us miss him. it's difficult not to imagine life without him. it certainly makes these conflicts issues more simple by comparison. but the iraq he carefully constructed is gone. what's the relationship between persian and shii had, al wait? i don't think life in politics can be reduced to the simplicity of those kinds of formula. us against them, shii had against sunni, per persian against arab. i think the rivelly go back for a loing time. you can go back to the seventh century. they created the shii haddism as a -- you can go back to the rivalry. and assad i think you get the picture this is a rivalry of long standing and it doesn't change what relation don't get simple just because a greater hated leader is going. if you look at where we are now during mall lack i can he's been accused
it's iran that is come nantd partner. what brought iran and the new iraq together. again a common enemy. saddam hussein first and then after 2003, the american occupation. i don't think -- if you think about the new baghdad, now saddam hussein is gone, and isn't that a pity. some of us miss him. it's difficult not to imagine life without him. it certainly makes these conflicts issues more simple by comparison. but the iraq he carefully constructed is gone. what's the relationship between...
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policy in iran be? should it be a nonnuclear iran? should be a regime change? can we live with us, and iran if it's not pursuing a nuclear weapon? >> the president said we would not accept a rare with a nuclear weapon. there are a lot of other issues on the agenda with iran, international terrorism, cracking down on its people, but it seems to me the issues that were most focus on, among many, it is the nuclear issue and preventing iran from having a nuclear weapon. the governor has taken a multitude of positions on iran, including agreeing with the president that that was exactly the position that he should take. and then changing it and taking a bit of an evolving position on iran. i do want to come back to a couple things that dov said about the defense spending bill. and it is interesting, kind of story about jack lew come up with the sequester. i mean, i don't think you are in the room for the, dov, as far as i can do. and it's an interesting story to tell, especially when you go back, someone who would do a google search or the number of republican leader
policy in iran be? should it be a nonnuclear iran? should be a regime change? can we live with us, and iran if it's not pursuing a nuclear weapon? >> the president said we would not accept a rare with a nuclear weapon. there are a lot of other issues on the agenda with iran, international terrorism, cracking down on its people, but it seems to me the issues that were most focus on, among many, it is the nuclear issue and preventing iran from having a nuclear weapon. the governor has taken...
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in situations like the middle east and particularly what we have in iran. the idea of containment i think may be app -- applicable to iran, and it's been practiced at this point to try to orchestrate a strategy of containment because we can all see that iranian society contains great contradictions within it, and if, in fact, time is on our side, in that situation, then kennan's containment strategy makes sense. the question is is time on our side? kennan was careful to make a connection. he said containment would not have worked against hitler because hitler had a timetable. stalin had no timetable. if you can answer for me where iran falls into that category, i can offer you a book contract right away. [laughter] .. how gorbachev was the first to go to college since lenin and gorbachev studied law. there's a difference between -- they grew up with russian culture. gorbachev knew the russian countries. not as though they had to study in school many of these things and they were still in their culture. it came instinctively. very much as american culture wo
in situations like the middle east and particularly what we have in iran. the idea of containment i think may be app -- applicable to iran, and it's been practiced at this point to try to orchestrate a strategy of containment because we can all see that iranian society contains great contradictions within it, and if, in fact, time is on our side, in that situation, then kennan's containment strategy makes sense. the question is is time on our side? kennan was careful to make a connection. he...
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not only that, he talks about iran, the reality about iran is iran has moved forward with their nuclear weapons program on their watch. they ceded responsibility to dealing with it to the europeans. now, the vice president, as you pointed out, work -- spoke out loudly for lifting the sanctions on iraq. john kerry and i believe we need to strengthen the sanctions on iraq including closing the loophole that allows companies to use a subsidiary, offshore subsidiaries to do business iran. we mentioned halliburton in connection with the $87 billion and you raised it in this question. this is relevant because he was pushing for lifting sanctions when he was c.e.o. of halliburton. here's why we didn't think halliburton should have a contract. while he was c.e.o., they paid million offense dollars in fines for providing false information on their company, just like enron and ken lay. they did business with libya and iran, two sworn enemies of the united states. they're now under investigation for having bribed foreign officials during that period of time. not only that, they have a $7.5 billion
not only that, he talks about iran, the reality about iran is iran has moved forward with their nuclear weapons program on their watch. they ceded responsibility to dealing with it to the europeans. now, the vice president, as you pointed out, work -- spoke out loudly for lifting the sanctions on iraq. john kerry and i believe we need to strengthen the sanctions on iraq including closing the loophole that allows companies to use a subsidiary, offshore subsidiaries to do business iran. we...
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the vice president talks about sanctions on iran. they got -- >> moderator: let's move to iran. i'd actually like to move to iran because there's really no bigger national security -- ryan: absolutely. >> moderator: -- this country is facing. both president obama and governor romney have said they will prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, even if that means military action. last week former defense secretary bob gates said a strike on iran's facilities would, quote, not work and prove catastrophic, haunting us for generations. can the two of you be absolutely clear and specific to the american people how effective would a military strike be? congressman ryan? ryan: we cannot allow iran to gain a nuclear weapons capability. now, let's take a look at where we've come from. when barack obama was elected, they had enough fissile material, talk about lahr material to make one bomb, now they have enough for five. they're racing toward a nuclear weapon. they're four years closer to nuclear weapons capability. we've had sanctions for four years, and the only reason we got it is b
the vice president talks about sanctions on iran. they got -- >> moderator: let's move to iran. i'd actually like to move to iran because there's really no bigger national security -- ryan: absolutely. >> moderator: -- this country is facing. both president obama and governor romney have said they will prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, even if that means military action. last week former defense secretary bob gates said a strike on iran's facilities would, quote, not work...
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nuclear pakistan, unstable pakistan, nuclear iran? palin: both are extremely dangerous, of course, and as for who termed that central war on terror being in iraq, it was general petraeus and al-qaeda, both leaders there and it's probably the only thing they're ever going to agree on, but that it was a central war on terror is in iraq. you don't have to believe me or john mccain on that, i would believe petraeus and that leader of al-qaeda. an armed, nuclear-armed especially iran is so extremely dangerous to consider, they cannot be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. period. israel is in jeopardy, of course, when we're dealing with ahmadinejad as the leader of iran. iran claiming that israel is, he termed it a stinking corporation, a country that should wiped off the face of the earth. now, a leader like ahmadinejad who is not sane or stable when he says things like saw that is not one whom we can allow to acquire nuclear energy, nuclear weapons. ahmadinejad, kim jung-il, the castro brothers, others who are dangerous dictators are one
nuclear pakistan, unstable pakistan, nuclear iran? palin: both are extremely dangerous, of course, and as for who termed that central war on terror being in iraq, it was general petraeus and al-qaeda, both leaders there and it's probably the only thing they're ever going to agree on, but that it was a central war on terror is in iraq. you don't have to believe me or john mccain on that, i would believe petraeus and that leader of al-qaeda. an armed, nuclear-armed especially iran is so extremely...
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that is the stated purpose of iran. mahmoud ahmadinejad said israel needs to be wiped from the face of the earth to the charter of hamas in the charter it says you shall never make peace and work honestly in each process because our entire purpose is to eliminate the state of israel. in the face of that how can we begin questions about whether or not israel has a right to defend itself? how can there be a question whether one of people have a right to preserve their cultural heritage, and that is what israel is. the problem with our foreign aid right now is that we are giving foreign aid to everybody because we think that is how we can buy goodwill. we think that if we get yasser arafat to have a billion dollars when he died, if we gave him a billion dollars he was going to be a friend. yasser arafat was never a friend to the jewish people or to the united states. saddam hussein, we gave him tons of money. he was never a friend to the united states or a friend to the jewish people. we have the history of supporting coun
that is the stated purpose of iran. mahmoud ahmadinejad said israel needs to be wiped from the face of the earth to the charter of hamas in the charter it says you shall never make peace and work honestly in each process because our entire purpose is to eliminate the state of israel. in the face of that how can we begin questions about whether or not israel has a right to defend itself? how can there be a question whether one of people have a right to preserve their cultural heritage, and that...
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while i have been on the leading edge of sanctions against iran, congressman akin voted for aid for iran north once but twice in his congressional career, and voted against aid for israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel, and we should not be supporting iran. >> moderator: congressman, rebuttal? akin: the packages she is talking about, she has misrepresented the record. i'm in fact the one that supporting the fact that we should not be giving foreign money to a number of places, and that includes, of course, libya, and pakistan, and -- let's see, one other country as well. mccaskill: syria. akin: when somebody burns our flags and torture the people that give us informing to get osama bin laden, those people are not our friends, and i don't support giving them foreign aid. and so i disagree with her comments. >> moderator: senator. mccaskill: congressman akin is having an -- ads are being run against me about vote no on the effort to removal foreign aid from libya pakistan and syria. congressman akin join a very small group in the senate in this position. not one membe
while i have been on the leading edge of sanctions against iran, congressman akin voted for aid for iran north once but twice in his congressional career, and voted against aid for israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel, and we should not be supporting iran. >> moderator: congressman, rebuttal? akin: the packages she is talking about, she has misrepresented the record. i'm in fact the one that supporting the fact that we should not be giving foreign money to a number...
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that's one of the problems in iran. even the liberals are assholes. [laughter] [applause] >> a novelist imagination, can't indulge in that for my line of work. [laughter] here's a question -- now for something completely different. >> all right. [laughter] >> in your opinion, what would you say is the most crucial element whether literary, structural or moralistic to an engaging children's story? >> oh. i can tell you the answer to that. >> yeah. >> because it's what my -- when i wrote the stories, it's what my son told me i failed to do. i -- when i'd written about 30 or 40 pages, i thought i better show it to him to make sure it was going all right. so i showed it to him, and he read it, and when i talked to him about it, i could see that there was just some little cloud on his face. and i said, do you like it? and he said, oh, yeah, dad, i liked it, dad. i said, so what are you not saying? and he said, well, dad, some people might be bored. [laughter] and i said -- he said, not me, of course, you know, i'd read it, but, you know -- [laughter] some
that's one of the problems in iran. even the liberals are assholes. [laughter] [applause] >> a novelist imagination, can't indulge in that for my line of work. [laughter] here's a question -- now for something completely different. >> all right. [laughter] >> in your opinion, what would you say is the most crucial element whether literary, structural or moralistic to an engaging children's story? >> oh. i can tell you the answer to that. >> yeah. >> because...
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the children remember iran. they have wonderful memories of good times there. now they have their own childre who are one quarter uranian and? probably about the only relation they have now is their????? grandmothers cooking, but i??? would very much like for them to see that part of their origin. >> host: john limbert, was your family there in 1979? >> guest: fortunately, it was not. some of my in-laws where they are and were able to get out. my wife and children did not come to tehran. this one in the foreign service recalled an unaccompanied posts come a post about family. we had been in saudi arabia before and they stayed on in udi arabia, which is a good place for them. it was a great relief for me being captive, knowing that the were safe and in a secure place >> host: finally come any ptsd issues for you? >> guest: none that i'm aware of. i know it hasn't been easy -- o course, these are not easy for some people. as you can tell probably peter, one of my best therapy is talk
the children remember iran. they have wonderful memories of good times there. now they have their own childre who are one quarter uranian and? probably about the only relation they have now is their????? grandmothers cooking, but i??? would very much like for them to see that part of their origin. >> host: john limbert, was your family there in 1979? >> guest: fortunately, it was not. some of my in-laws where they are and were able to get out. my wife...
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iran was resurgent. iran is at its weakest point, economically, strategically, militarily, since in many years. and we're going to continue to keep the pressure on to make sure they do not get a nuclear weapon. that is in america's national interest. that will be the case so long as i'm president. >> we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. we should not have wasted these four years to the extent they have continued to be able to spin these centrifuges and get that much closer. that is number un. number two, the reason, mr. president i call it an apology tour, you went to the middle east, you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and to turkey and iraq and by the way, you skipped israel. our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. and by the way, they noticed that you skipped israel. and then in those nations and an arabic tv you said america had been dismissive and derisive. you said on occasion, america dick eighted to other nations. mr. pr
iran was resurgent. iran is at its weakest point, economically, strategically, militarily, since in many years. and we're going to continue to keep the pressure on to make sure they do not get a nuclear weapon. that is in america's national interest. that will be the case so long as i'm president. >> we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. we're four years closer to a nuclear iran. we should not have wasted these four years to the extent they have continued to be able to spin these...
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we don't even talk about their very much when we think about war with iran. a lot of people will die. >> am i right that -- [inaudible] >> no. [inaudible] >> am i right that their foundations are supporting all the sunni terrorist groups in the world? >> well, actually yet, the bahraini ruling family asks for support from other members of the gulf cooperation council. the saudis sent members of the national guard, or which unit was at? >> national guard. >> national guard. basin police and i think -- they went to protect major infrastructure in bahrain. so that bahraini secured forces could deal with the demonstrations. but from their point of view, and this is the dilemma from the united states, too. you know, iran has exploded situations before. and has to exploit its situations. there's a fear that it could exploit this one again. and that is why when we look at them, we do not know what to make of this group and where it stands on questions of democracy participation, and where it stands in its relationships with iran. we have concerns about them. at our
we don't even talk about their very much when we think about war with iran. a lot of people will die. >> am i right that -- [inaudible] >> no. [inaudible] >> am i right that their foundations are supporting all the sunni terrorist groups in the world? >> well, actually yet, the bahraini ruling family asks for support from other members of the gulf cooperation council. the saudis sent members of the national guard, or which unit was at? >> national guard. >>...
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iran. a free iraq is essential for the security of this country. >> ninety seconds, senator kerry. >> thank you, jim. my message to the troops is also, thank you for what they're doing, but it's also help is on the way. i believe those troops deserve better than what they are getting today. you know, it's interesting. when i was in a rope line just the other day, coming out here from wisconsin, a couple of young returnees were in the line, one active duty, one from the guard. and they both looked at me and said, we need you. you've got to help us over there. now i believe there's a better way to do this. you know, the president's father did not go into iraq, into baghdad, beyond basra. and the reason he didn't is, he said -- he wrote in his book -- because there was no viable exit strategy. and he said our troops would be occupiers in a bitterly hostile land. that's exactly where we find ourselves today. there's a sense of american occupation. the only building that was guarded when the tro
iran. a free iraq is essential for the security of this country. >> ninety seconds, senator kerry. >> thank you, jim. my message to the troops is also, thank you for what they're doing, but it's also help is on the way. i believe those troops deserve better than what they are getting today. you know, it's interesting. when i was in a rope line just the other day, coming out here from wisconsin, a couple of young returnees were in the line, one active duty, one from the guard. and...
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regarding iran's pursuit of nuclear capability. do you feel how much time we can give sanctions the chance to work. what option do you advocate employing to stop iran's nuclear capability. menendez: thank you for the question. iran is a nationality threat to the united states and to our ally the state of israel. that's why i authored the most -- against another against the central bank of iran and against any country that deals with a central bank of iran a major financial oil transaction and the result of that we saw on news report. the reality rating -- the numbers of the shipments of oil dramatically reduce. hurting the iranian economy. our purpose with that set of sanctions and an additional set of sanctions i coauthored is to create an economic news on the iranian regime to deter them from seeking nuclear weapons. ability the sanctions have time and prime minister netanyahu suggested it's sometime next year. if the sanctions don't cripple the iranian economy, i think question deter them. if not all options have to be on the ta
regarding iran's pursuit of nuclear capability. do you feel how much time we can give sanctions the chance to work. what option do you advocate employing to stop iran's nuclear capability. menendez: thank you for the question. iran is a nationality threat to the united states and to our ally the state of israel. that's why i authored the most -- against another against the central bank of iran and against any country that deals with a central bank of iran a major financial oil transaction and...
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on iran it's a hard call. one thing we haven't spoken about. maybe you were going get to it. >> we are twenty five minutes in to this. okay since i consider to be a not unreasonable possibility regardless who was in the white house that the united states might wind up whether it was a desire or has no choice in engaging in military action in iran. what is it going to do to the consensuses about spending or the american people interested in foreign policy and even issues like the defense budget? and that's why issues like that and the onces we don't know about that make me wary of all these straight line projections we're make in the future based on what things look like right now. >> anyone want to address the point? >> which point? >> the point about . >> pick on any of the points. i meant the point about iran and the likely hood we would enter in to military action there regardless of who wins. [inaudible] >> question from the audience? >> yes, sir. front row. >> microphone approaching you from the left. governor romney said he wants to creat
on iran it's a hard call. one thing we haven't spoken about. maybe you were going get to it. >> we are twenty five minutes in to this. okay since i consider to be a not unreasonable possibility regardless who was in the white house that the united states might wind up whether it was a desire or has no choice in engaging in military action in iran. what is it going to do to the consensuses about spending or the american people interested in foreign policy and even issues like the defense...
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to attack iran's nuclear program. i have to say that these scenarios that we measured before we gave them these choices for speed, i'm not going through that. just to give you the bottom line on this. and the bottom line is that, um, you know, there's some change from march 2012 but not a lot. that, um, you have 53% say the u.s. should take a neutral stand, 29% say discourage. this, you know, really kind of you can see it across republican/democrat, that middle category, neutral stance actually holding for democrats, republicans and independents equally. final question before we sit for the conversation is on the syrian conflict. um, we asked, actually, i'm going to summarize it. we asked really these four questions separately which is whether they support each one of these things; increasing economic and diplomatic sanctions on syria, enforcing a no-fly zone over syria, sending arms and supplies to anti-government groups, bombing syrian air defense or sending troops into syria. so we asked them about each one of thes
to attack iran's nuclear program. i have to say that these scenarios that we measured before we gave them these choices for speed, i'm not going through that. just to give you the bottom line on this. and the bottom line is that, um, you know, there's some change from march 2012 but not a lot. that, um, you have 53% say the u.s. should take a neutral stand, 29% say discourage. this, you know, really kind of you can see it across republican/democrat, that middle category, neutral stance actually...
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they are flooding the lines and it's out of iran. a lot of it is coming out of iran. they are flooding the line so you can't get through. they are not getting inside the computers but someplace like jpmorgan plays -- pays a tremendous amount of attention to security. we are favor of the security laws but we think it should be done in collaboration, not the laws that are set up where you shall be cybersecurity if you are not we are coming after you. we need your help. the cia, the nsa and the department of defense actually know at the border sometimes and we don't. businesses have to work together to protect the american public so we can stop cybercrime. it's going to get worse. computers in 10 years are going to be 100,000 times faster so they will be able to do calculations quicker and get through quicker and we will have to meet that in every way, shape and form. thanks i think are pretty good at this. we have been doing this a long time and our rules and regulations but we have to really stay in front of it. how many of you have you worried about at? don't think of
they are flooding the lines and it's out of iran. a lot of it is coming out of iran. they are flooding the line so you can't get through. they are not getting inside the computers but someplace like jpmorgan plays -- pays a tremendous amount of attention to security. we are favor of the security laws but we think it should be done in collaboration, not the laws that are set up where you shall be cybersecurity if you are not we are coming after you. we need your help. the cia, the nsa and the...
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we have iran isolated now. ahmadinejad is in political trouble. we've got to stay vigilant, and we can't let them get the weapon, but the middle middle i, and -- middle east is tough, and we've got to be practical. there are differences in our records. while i have been on the leading edge of sanctions against iran, congressman akin has voted for aid for iran not once, but twice in his congressional career and voted against aid for israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel, and we should not be supporting iran. >> moderator: congressman, a rebuttal? akin: well, the packages that she's talking about she's misrepresented the record. and i'm, in fact, the one that's supporting the fact that we should not be giving foreign money to a number of places. and that includes, of course, libya and pakistan and, um, let's see, one other country as well. mccaskill: syria. akin: when somebody burns our flag, when they torture the people that give us the information to get ma bin laden, those -- osama bin laden, those people are not our friends
we have iran isolated now. ahmadinejad is in political trouble. we've got to stay vigilant, and we can't let them get the weapon, but the middle middle i, and -- middle east is tough, and we've got to be practical. there are differences in our records. while i have been on the leading edge of sanctions against iran, congressman akin has voted for aid for iran not once, but twice in his congressional career and voted against aid for israel. this is backwards. we have to always support israel,...
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we have iran for years closer to a nuclear bomb. serious not just 30,000 civilians being killed by military, but also a strategic significant player for america. the president and policies at the middle east began with an apology and pursue a strategy of leaving from behind. the strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> host: governor romney speaking about iran. but also syria, matthew lee. >> guest: despite those comments come it is not clear to me, at least make out what exactly mitt romney would do differently in syria, for example. he starts about how it's important for the united states to play a role in deciding who gets the legal assistance, weaponry and ammunition, but that's with you, it is tradition is already doing. is the editor suggesting the united states should itself go out and actively supply the rebels with arms? he seems to suggest no, but then again, if that is the case, that's exactly what the obama administration policy is right now. so i think for him to be able to say that he is, to make a distinction c
we have iran for years closer to a nuclear bomb. serious not just 30,000 civilians being killed by military, but also a strategic significant player for america. the president and policies at the middle east began with an apology and pursue a strategy of leaving from behind. the strategy is unraveling before our very eyes. >> host: governor romney speaking about iran. but also syria, matthew lee. >> guest: despite those comments come it is not clear to me, at least make out what...
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and with iran's government, d.c. essentially death by 1000 razor cuts as iran has a coherent strategy for destabilization in the region, starting in baghdad, extends to damascus. hamas, muslim brotherhood and yemen, bahrain, the eastern province, wherever they can take an issue and turn it into a sectarian issue, that is the strategy that they see that iran is pursuing. so he ran as a very real threat to them. it's the existential threat in the region. >> thank you, mr. ambassador for enlightening us in this opening session of the second day of his 21st annual comp trends of u.s. policy issues. [applause] >> next we have a relative newcomer to the annual forums in the sands of the new league of arab states chief representative ambassador to the united states. i've known each one of them for the last almost half-century and each one of them brings to the cars in the table of background instead of experiences and this ambassador is no exception. ambassador dr. mohammed al hussaini al sharif obtained his phd from the un
and with iran's government, d.c. essentially death by 1000 razor cuts as iran has a coherent strategy for destabilization in the region, starting in baghdad, extends to damascus. hamas, muslim brotherhood and yemen, bahrain, the eastern province, wherever they can take an issue and turn it into a sectarian issue, that is the strategy that they see that iran is pursuing. so he ran as a very real threat to them. it's the existential threat in the region. >> thank you, mr. ambassador for...
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iran is a national security threat. that is why i authored the most crippling sanctions one country has ever leveled against another come against the central bank of iran and against any country that deals with the central bank of iran come a major financial transaction in major oil transactions. the result which is on his reports to that reality devalued by 40%. the numbers of shipments of oil dramatically reduced, heard in the ukrainian economy. our purpose of that set of sanctions an additional set of sanctions that i co-authored is to create an economic news on the regime to deter them from seeking nuclear weapons. so i believe the sanctions have time. even prime minister netanyahu suggested sometime next year, if the sanctions continue to cripple the ukrainian economy, i think we can deter them. if not, all options have to be in the table to pursue the national interest of the united states. >> moderator: senator kyrillos. kyrillos: that all sounds just fine, but unfortunately it doesn't appear the sanctions are wo
iran is a national security threat. that is why i authored the most crippling sanctions one country has ever leveled against another come against the central bank of iran and against any country that deals with the central bank of iran come a major financial transaction in major oil transactions. the result which is on his reports to that reality devalued by 40%. the numbers of shipments of oil dramatically reduced, heard in the ukrainian economy. our purpose of that set of sanctions an...
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>> to ask the question what should we do in iran? he said all my ran. very few people remember that. it was crowded out. i compare that to hillary clinton being under fire in bosnia. the media would say is this true? then she was greeted at the airport with flowers and the general said no. then obama's started to look at her credibility. it was so dramatic we feel that people like to us. this is as close as the candidate said she lied to us. pushing us is important. to be in sioux falls hilco the they were on the campaign trail. they are exhausted with 12 different stops. we can pass that off. where they are for what they think they are. >> host: gary hart. >> guest: he had the original sin to challenge people in the media up. people knew that he ran around the remember at a time the media did not look into that so carefully. today politicians have no backstage area. whenever they do would be covered. he said you prove this. a reporter from florida hid in the bushes and saw his go friend coming late at night and leaving the next morning. it was not hard
>> to ask the question what should we do in iran? he said all my ran. very few people remember that. it was crowded out. i compare that to hillary clinton being under fire in bosnia. the media would say is this true? then she was greeted at the airport with flowers and the general said no. then obama's started to look at her credibility. it was so dramatic we feel that people like to us. this is as close as the candidate said she lied to us. pushing us is important. to be in sioux falls...